thats pretty pretentious music there, collegefag.
how bout some Explosions in The Sky, or Do Make Say Think. perhaps some Titus Andronicus.

Dream Theater fucking rocks. I don't know why anonymous tends not to like them.

>>2195874
very very good call, i guess the reason i dont like DT is cause it has been around for so long, the guys are old, repetitious, and i enjoy humble music not" hey look what i can do" but thats just me. Also if you want something to keep you up, try "the mars volta" Deloused.

Dude, I am doing stat homework and listening to this album. I decide to get up on 4chan for a bit after I finish a problem, and suddenly there is a thread about doing homework and listening to the album that I am listening to right at this moment.

Fucking nuts, man.

Totally their best album, by the way.

>>2196072
I prefer Images and Words, to be honest. Love the solo in Under a Glass Moon.

>>2196064

Deloused fucking rocked. I love that album. I liked their second one, Frances the Mute, better, which seems to break the norm, since most people don't.

Either way, after those two, the next two albums they made just weren't very good.

Now dot get me wrong i respect DT music ability, as a matter of fact of of my buddies is an excellent guitarist and pulls heavy influence from them.
I guess showy is good if it can be pulled off i dunno.

>>2196064
oh yea man, deloused is soooo clean, simply amazing francis is epic, and yea after theodore left it kinda went to shit

If you gentlemen want something vaguely related but almost totally different, check out Chroma Key. Its a band made by Dream Theater's keyboardist, Kevin Moore, after he left when Awake was done.

The songs are much more "Space Dye Vest" than they are like any other Dream Theater song, but they are totally fantastic. They're really atmospheric, creepy, and kind of sad.

Kevin also started another band, OSI, with Mike Portnoy. Its sort of halfway between Dream Theater and Chroma Key.

Dream Theatre sucks. /mu/ agreed, don't bother them about it.

Sting: Songs from the Labyrinth.

dude is this john?

Hello there OP, Dream Theater is bad and you should feel bad for listening to them.

Joe Satriani - Made of Tears.

Should hold you for like 10 minutes.

Kings of Leon
The Mars Volta
Modest Mouse
The Killers (Hot Fuss)
Atmosphere
Dredge
Jimmy Eat World
TV on the Radio

>>2196292

Shit man, I love dredg and TV on the Radio.

Most of the bands mentioned in this thread, actually.

Holy shit OP I'm listening to Train of Thought atm.

http://secrettechno.com/jamespatrick/

minimal techno. shit will keep you alert and aware, but not distracted.

>>2196292
I love you. Can we make babies?

>>2196072
>>2196455
>>2196092
OP here. High five, guys!

Thanks guys. Good post. At the very least it offers more avenues for procrastination.

Frank Zappa's Apostrophe

>>2196826

Only if you're female :( I have the penis.

The same sort of stuff I listen to on drugs, oddly enough.

Pink Floyd, Tool, Dream Theater, Aphex Twin, basically anything that isn't overtly complex and has clean-sounding instrumental sections.

The Silent Hill soundtracks work very good for me. A lot of people I know prefer classical. The RA above me has started to listen to Dimmu Borgir ever since I gave them to him as he does essays.

>>2196187
This is the first thing that popped into my head when I saw your post.

Merzbow. Makes me stop procrastinating and get the fuck on with it so I can turn this earbleeding shit off.

Whenever I see the cover for Awake I always see a man on the left like this

Parker, Davis, Coltrane, or Monk.

I typically have to listen to jazz. Anything else amps me too much for the shitdigging that is my school work.

I listen to trance or techno, mostly because it keeps me awake pretty well.

>>2196904
>Tool
You are what you listen to

I've been listening to large amounts of Arghoslent. Death that pretty much relies on riffs so it doesn't get too technical and you don't exactly have to concentrate on it to enjoy it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=kho9j9vy

Currently listening to this...
file:///E:/Pictures/Scott%20Bond/Essential%20Mix%20-%20Scott%20Bond%20Essential%20Mix%20-%20Free%20M
P3%20Stream%20on%20IMEEM%20Music.htm

It changes from year to year.

My first year of doctorate studies this fall. I use the soundtrack for Pilotwings 64 now.

Post rock like Japandi or Explosions in the Sky.
Lyrics get me off track.

Anything by Explosions in The Sky. I get too distracted by lyrics.

I enjoy listening to Metallica. Though I suppose it also has to do with my mood; sometimes I like techno, and other times I'll pop on some anime tunes.

Edguy is a pretty good choice for me when i'm getting sleepy. They create and play very energetic music.

Post-rock is great for sleep and/or homework.

Minus the bear is pretty good, so is foals and bloc party. oh and any of the samurai champloo OSTs

Last night, I listened to Red House Painters while trying to learn all of Chinese history. The test is in two hours and I'm pretty sure I got most of it.

Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You Black Emperor. I can't have lyrics or vocals and these bands are excellent.

I like to listen to Mozart or Beethoven. It's beautiful music and it isn't distracting like:

"OUT OF CONTROL!!! MY LIFE IS A CHAMBER OF TEARS FEAR AND HATE!"

Although that is a great song and I love Hansi Kursch's vocals on that it.

>>2197462
those bastards lied to me! they said i was the only edguy fan in the world, just because tobias remembered me at a concert from another concert 13 months earlier.batards liars with their at the gates and arcturus. i loves me some edguy! but when im working i listen to opeth or crotchduster

>>2197240
Doesn't work. :( Can you give a link that's not all broken?

For any of you Explosion in the Skyfags or other post-rockfags, please check out the HOLY SHIT SO METAL version: Russian Circles.

>>2197230
Bro, you forgot the password.

>>2195874
thats my post, but to clarify. i dont like dream theater for the reasons most ppl dont. theyre too show offy. especially portnoy. motherfuck that drummer. peart is the only guy that can show off and get away with it.

>>2197513
i wouldnt be able to listen to Minus the Bear and do hw cuz then im gonna wanna light a joint. something like that and hw dont mix

drum & bass

NIN, Ghosts I-IV. Awesome background noise, not distracting, but enough to drown out random noises and better than silence.

>>2197647

I love them. Similarly, Pelican. Their song "March To the Sea" is 12 minutes of excellence.

>>2197971
March to the Sea is like 20 minutes.

Nothing.
I've never been able to focus on homework while listening to music.

Rest of the time, it's mostly Power/Symphonic/Neoclassical/Prog metal.

>>2197738
me too

kewl story browsky.

>>2197548
Listen to Borknagar and Ulver, both are related to Arcturus.

Cut Cupy - in ghost colours.
I listened to this album about six times the other night while pulling a photoshop all-nighter.
Very upbeat and busy while remaining unpredictable and not getting boring.
Get it.

i gotta say, i can't think of a least effective way to start concentrating on your homework is to go start a thread on 4chan, asking about what sort of music you should listen to so you can concentrate on your homework. i mean, even assuming you got one concise, well-written reply, you would still have to download or at least research what the suggestion was. but it's impossible for a collection of geeks with the internet at their disposal to come up with a succinct music answer.

seriously, man. if you want to get your homework done, get a typewriter and put it in a closet or something. don't put it in a room with your computer, or your tv. it was the best college and writing decision i've ever made.

>>2198423

ignore the grammar, i was listening to music.

Lately, Battles. Apparently progressive rock music is the best for working on long reports.

Jakob - Solace. Post-metal, it's the best study music in the world. www.myspace.com/jakobmusic

whats with all the dream theater hate? anyone who has a song named "puppies on acid" can't be that bad. Octavarium is my favorite album, by virtue of its the only one i really know well, that, and the 1 time i listened to falling into infinity i hated it

also, i listen to instrumental music while doing homework; like Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore (hell yeah), Liquid Tension Experiment (Dream Theater minus the singer), and various instrumental songs i've found like Apache by California Guitar Trio, Call of Ktulu and Orion by Metallica, and Into the Lungs of Hell by Megadeth (which i like for pumping me up)

Squaresoft game soundtracks

Ramones Greatest Hits

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Slower german industrial metal- and samuel barbers adagio for stings.

Shostakovich
Do Make Say Think
Fela Kuti
Oren Ambarchi
John Adams
Please Inform the Captain This is A Hijack
This Will Destroy You
Venetian Snares

This gets me through every paper, not necessarily in that order.

http://www.myspace.com/babybuttslutt
Mainly BBS

www.pandora.com

when studying I occasionally put some background music

Lately I've been falling asleep to Robin Spielberg.

Aside from all this, Dream Theater, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci.

Bumping so it hopefully will not page 10 before I get back from work.

Khachaturian. Especially the Piano Concerto in d flat - part II.

Shit goes on for 11 minutes, best piece of music on the planet, that's 11 minutes of solid homeworking and I'll immediately want to listen to it again and continue working.

>>2196092
>>2196163
I agree with the above mentioned robots. Though I am quite partial to Metropolis II (holy shit that album is almost 10 years old. That makes me feel OLD and weird.) as well. Wasn't thrilled with Systematic Chaos, might be my least favorite album actually.

I don't listen to music while I do reports, it never works out. Maybe I'll listen to something ambient (like Jean-Michelle Jare) or calm noise. (C.C.C.C. anyone?)

I recommend for staying "pumped":

Frontline Assembly (Any of there new albums, old albums suck ass)

Diablo Swing Orchestra (Epic Riot Metal)

Greenskeepers (Techno/Electronic Variations)

And finally

Amon Tobin (If your feeling slightly deranged)

2nd pandora. Usually build a blockhead or wax tailor station. Can't listen to lots of lyrics when studying. Also Jon Kennedy.